Kolkata,  Durga Puja celebrations started early in West Bengal this year, a month ahead of the Puja schedule.

A grand tableau rally in Kolkata and mini rallies in the district headquarters organised by the state government on Thursday to celebrate the UNESCO cultural heritage tag for Durga Puja has set t

New Delhi,  The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday apprehended a Regional Provident Fund Commissioner in Haryana's Panipat for taking a bribe of Rs 50,000.

A senior CBI official said that a case was registered against the official, Amit Nain on the basis of a complaint.

It was

New Delhi,  The Supreme Court on Thursday said it cannot form an opinion on the veracity of allegations in a plea before it regarding attacks on Christians in the country, and it is essential to separate grain from the chaff.

It asked the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to seek verification reports from B

Imphal,  Over 68,000 candidates from five northeastern states have registered their names for the �Agniveer recruitment rallies in connection with the Centre's 'Agnipath' scheme for short-term recruitment into the armed forces, a defence spokesman said on Thursday.

The spokesman said that t

Chennai,  The Pambar dam in Tamil Nadu was half drained out on Thursday after a shutter snapped open following an electrical glitch.

The reservoir has a full capacity of 19.69 ft with 245 mc ft of water but was left with around 100 mc ft due to the snapping of its fourth shutter.

The distr

Kochi,  Ahead of Onam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched various projects of Kochi Metro and the railways worth Rs 4,500 crores in Kerala.

These include commissioning and also foundation stone laying of various projects which will hugely improve connectivity in the state.

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New Delhi,  The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday a plea seeking SIT probe into the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir in 1990, which led to their exodus from the Valley.

The hearing on the plea come when a curative petition, filed by Roots in Kashmir, is pending in the apex cour

New Delhi,  After former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and ex-Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda met Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress leaders have sought action against the two for going against the party lines as Azad had hit on Gandhis which has not gone down well with the party leaders, mainly the

Amritsar,  Beset by the increasing cases of attacks on churches and community gatherings, the Christian community in Punjab on Thursday sought strict action against the perpetrators of such assaults, besides seeking apt security measures for the community and raising an appeal for upholding peace and harmony in the cou

Srinagar,  A cache of ammunition was recovered after a terrorist hideout was detected in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district on Thursday, police said.

"On specific information from a reliable source, police in Baramulla, along with army's 52RR, busted a terrorist hideout in Dudbug-TY Shah